--- title: Brackets Reviews meta\_title: 'Brackets Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 262 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Brackets works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 262 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Editor url: https://www.g2.com/categories/editor --- # Brackets Reviews & Product Details Brackets is a modern, open-source code editor specifically designed for web development, focusing on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developed by Adobe and released in 2014, Brackets is built using web technologies, making it lightweight and highly extensible. It is cross-platform, supporting macOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems. Brackets offers a range of features tailored to enhance the web development workflow. Key Features and Functionality: - Inline Editors: Brackets allows developers to open a window into the code they care about most, enabling quick edits without switching between file tabs. - Live Preview: This feature provides a real-time connection to the browser, allowing developers to see changes to CSS and HTML instantly on screen. - Preprocessor Support: Brackets offers support for preprocessors, facilitating a more efficient workflow for developers who use them. - Extensibility: Being open-source, Brackets supports a wide range of extensions that add functionality such as Git integration, Emmet for high-speed HTML and CSS workflow, and more. Primary Value and User Solutions: Brackets addresses the needs of web developers by providing a streamlined, efficient coding environment that integrates visual tools directly into the editor. Features like Live Preview and Inline Editors reduce the need to switch between different applications, thereby enhancing productivity. Its open-source nature and extensibility allow developers to customize the editor to fit their specific workflow, making it a versatile tool for modern web development. * * * Seller [Adobe](https://www.g2.com/sellers/adobe) Discussions [Brackets Community](https://www.g2.com/products/brackets/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/brackets/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Visual Studio Code](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Visual Studio Code") Visual Studio Code 4.7/5(2,732) ](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-studio-code/reviews) [ ![Notepad++](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Notepad++") Notepad++ 4.6/5(2,475) ](https://www.g2.com/products/notepad/reviews) [ ![Sublime Text](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sublime Text") Sublime Text 4.5/5(1,783) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sublime-text/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/brackets/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 262 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Brackets Integrations (3) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Apple Safari ](https://www.g2.com/products/apple-safari/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Chrome OS ](https://www.g2.com/products/chrome-os/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Mozilla Firefox ](https://www.g2.com/products/mozilla-firefox/reviews) Show More ![Tim C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Tim C.") TC Tim C. Website and Wordpress Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/9/2021 "Brackets is easy to use and works really well." 3.5/5 What do you like best about Brackets? Brackets is just plain easy to use. It does what it was made to do, and it does it really well. Really customizable, easy to learn, and good online resources in case you have any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? It can be easy to get carried away with customizations. Rather than keeping the program light and quick, it can be easy to download too many plugins and extensions. There are so many to choose from, it's a good idea to try a few different ones, but just remember to clean out the ones you don't end up using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? I use brackets for building websites. I like the interface options for CSS and HTML especially. You can preview different things in many areas in the app, and that functionality is built-in by default. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Shripal J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shripal J.") SJ Shripal J. Chief Executive Officer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/6/2021 "Easy to use HTML and CSS Editor" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Brackets? Brackets is a very easy to use editor for HTML and CSS files. The tool has a simple user interface and well suited for beginners as well. Works well for small and medium sized web projects. It comes from Adobe, and is availabe as a freeware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? Recently, Adobe has stopped new development of Brackets. Future enhancements and support may not be available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Brackets: Recommended for front end development using HTML/CSS. Good for small and medium web applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? Using Brackets to develop websites primarily front end, using HTML CSS and bootstrap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Deepak K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Deepak K.") DK Deepak K. A Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/8/2022 "New Brackets user" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Brackets? Themes and code suggestions. All things are cool, very similar to vs code except for some features. All good till now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? Till now there is nothing to dislike, let's see how it goes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? Writing code, test cases, executing commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite JV Jay V. Associate Consultant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/22/2022 "Brackets for developer" 5/5 What do you like best about Brackets? These are among the best developer tools. It's having good UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? Brackets can enhance plugin features to use accomadatily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Brackets: yes, add needed plugins for the Brackets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? We can do code easily for multiple languages. It's realistic and simple to use with plugin functionalities for developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Guido G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Guido G.") GG Guido G. Desarrollador Web Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/17/2017 "Need a code Editor, Brackets is for you" 5/5 What do you like best about Brackets? If you need a code editor, don't think more, Adobe Brackets is for you. Brackets is a Adobe product, but is open source. It is a modern text editor that makes it easy to design apps. It's crafted from the ground up for web designers and front-end developers. It integrate with windows contextual menu and can open any document just by rightclic on it and select Open in Brackets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? Brackets only open document in UTF8, so if you need open some documents with other codifications, simply you can't. Some times, to apply a theme need to be executed with Administrator account or changes will lose in next open. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Brackets: If you think that sublime text is superior to brackes, just give it an opportunity, and never go from brackets. It has all neccesary to be the better code front and back-end editor. It remmind you when there is a new update and easily can download it to install with new features and without lose your addons or plugins installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? Ok, Brackets is free, so you can take a professional editor for free, no need to register or pay anything. It is open-source, that's means you can create your own addons, and if it is nice, you can share it with the community, and more lives will be pleasing. Update On September 1, 2021, Adobe will end support for Brackets. If you would like to continue using, maintaining, and improving Brackets, you may fork the project on GitHub. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/7/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SN Sibongakonke N. P Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/27/2021 "Lightweight Editor for Web Development" 5/5 What do you like best about Brackets? Brackets is an evolving code editor that prioritizes the needs of web developers. The editor is lightweight out of the box but can be customized to meet your needs through extensions. The editor has a vibrant community that is eager to help when you get stuck Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? older versions are memory intensive; you have to keep up with updates to get the best experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Brackets: Try it! You will not regret it. the editor looks cool and minimal, and the editor is customizable through themes to meet your needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? Web development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ender Yasin .](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ender Yasin .") E Ender Yasin . Entrepreneurship and Youth Affairs Intern Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/18/2021 "Easy to use and simple software program" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Brackets? While coding websites, I can easily code in Brackets. Because it has an easy to use and simple interface. Since it is easy to use, it makes my work quite easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? I am getting an error while installing some packages in it. Updates in the packages I have installed sometimes do not happen. But it happens when I close the app and open it again. It will be much more useful if this issue is resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? As a freelancer, I can easily code the website designs in Brackets. Since it is easy to use and has a simple interface, I can easily see and correct the mistakes I have made in the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Nfon A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nfon A.") NA Nfon A. Data Analyst Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/11/2022 "Bracket is light weight for developement" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Brackets? It's really very light weight and can be used on machine that have low memory Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? I really don't have a dislike about this Ide Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Brackets: Well use brackets when you need a light weight Ide for development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? I used braket for web development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/23/2022 "Stylish and hustle free text editor" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Brackets? Its user interface and color management are my favorite Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? Not as feature rich like vs code editor as in extensions and support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? Web development using html css and java script Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/3/2021 "Light editor for simple web application" 4/5 What do you like best about Brackets? Simple to install, not a learning curve any naive user can start using brackets. Most of the web programming languages it supports such as HTML, CSS, js, JSP, and so on. Easy to add any extension/add ons. friendly to use by beginners. Decent community support for troubleshooting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Brackets? sometimes the live preview gives some issues. Most of the editors have the issue with taking up memory spaces. For Brackets, this also stands up true. Sometimes it does not respond very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Brackets: if it is a light application, you are working on then Brackets makes the most sense. If you are working on school projects then fits the criteria. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Brackets solving and how is that benefiting you? Worked on simple web app programs during my masters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Brackets? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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